Vehicle-lamp.



H. W. BEEBE.

VEHICLE LAMP.

IAPPLIOATION FILED APR.19,1909.

Patented June 22, 1909-.

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H. W. BEEBE.

v VEHICLE LAMP. APPLICATION FILED APR. 19, 1909.

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HHHHH 1 UNITED STATES HORACE W. BEEBE, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

VEHICLE-LAMP.

' No. 925,676. Specification of Application filed April 19,

Letters Patent. Patented June 22, 1909.

1909. Serial No. 490,962.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE W. BEEBE, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful'Improvem'ent inVehicle-Lamps, and do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and the numerals of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in

Figure 1 a front view of a lamp constructed in accordance with myinvention, showing means for temporarily suppressing the action of thereflector. Fig. 2 a side view partially in section of the same. Fig. 3 aside view on an enlarged scale of the screen in its depressed orclosed-position. Fig. 4 a rear. view of the screen in its raised or openposi-: tion. Fig. 5 a top or plan view of the screen in its closedposition.

claims.

This invention relates to an improvement in vehicle lamps of thesearchlight type in which provision is made for temporarily suppressing theaction of the reflector in a general way like the lam shown anddescribed in the application 0 John K'. Punderford filed January 18,1909, Serial No. 472,896.

The object of the invention is a simple arrangement of means fortemporarily sup. pressing-the action of the reflector; and the inventionconsists in the construction hereinafter described and particularlyrecited in the As in the application above referred to, I employ a tube2 which is arranged in line with, and in rear of the burner 3. The rearof the tube is cut away forming a vertically arranged slot the edges ofthe upper end forming cam surfaces 4 and 5.- Mounted in the tube is avertically movable'rod 6 which may be raised and lowered by anyconvenient means. Hinged to this rod are two semicircular leaves 7 and8, and mounted on the rod is a spiral spring 9 the ends 10 and 11 ofwhich project outward to engage with the rear surfaces of the leaves 7and 8. The two leaves when opened form a circular disk which will standbetween the burner and the hold the leaves in the open position. When itis desired to retract the screen or disk the rod 6 will be drawndownward andthe edges of the disk riding on the cam surfaces 4 and 5will fold the disks together and allow them to be drawn downward intoposition in line with, and in rear of the burner. To facilitate foldingof the leaves they may be each formed with a slight corrugation 13 attheir lower edges which will ride over the cam surfaces 4 and 5 andreduce the friction in the folded movement.

It will be understood that the rod is moved from a convenient point inthe vehicle, and

r so that when twovehicles-g are approaching each other, the rod mayberraise d to open the screen between the burner andthereflector to, theburner is not affected .and the light therefrom will be s'ufiicient toenable one driver to see the course of the other.

I claim 1. In a lamp, the combination with a burner and reflector, of atube located between the burner and reflector, a vertically ,diskshinged to said rod and ada ted 'tb'be folded rearward into line with saiburner.

2. In a lamp, the combination with a burner and reflector, of a tubelocated between the burner and reflector, said tube formed with avertically arranged slot, the

tube, leaves hinged to saidlrod', mounted on sald rod andn orm'a to opensaid leaves.

specification in the presence of two subscrib reflector 12 and sotemporarily suppress the action of the reflector, and the springs Wlllmovable rod in said tube, two semi-circular edges of the upper portionof which areof' cam shape, a vertically arrangedrod n 's'aid' Intestimony whereof, I have signed this so as to temporarily suppress'the. action'o'f the reflector: -As in'jthe'case'before referred

